States Control: Minnesota

Minnesota to give non-citizens the vote?

According to a report in the Pioneer Press, Rep. Phyllis Kahn, D-Minneapolis, introduced a plan for a constitutional amendment to let residents who are not yet citizens of the United States vote.
Source: WorldNetDaily, March 14, 2007

Students kicked off school bus in St. Paul

Her twin girls, 10, and her son, 8, were kicked off their regular school bus. They were told by the bus driver the route is for non-English speaking students only.
Source: 5 Eye Witness News (online), January 10, 2007

Flag-raising raises a fuss at Lino Lakes condo

At issue is the placement of a 15-foot flagpole that Goegen planted outside his condominium. Condo managers say the flag is flying on land that belongs to the association, not to him, and they’re demanding that he remove the pole and fly the flag according to regulations.
Source: Star Tribune (online), December 5, 2006

Bus driver gets OK to avoid gay-themed ads

A city bus driver who complained about a gay-themed ad got official permission not to drive any bus that carries that ad, according to an internal memo confirmed Tuesday by Metro Transit.
Source: StarTribune (online), October 18, 2006

Cameras offer TV surveillance in town of 420

Nine cameras eyeball Main Street and the few roads into Sanborn, a southwestern Minnesota town plopped among some of the most fertile soybean fields in America. There’s a bank but no stoplight, no school, no grocery store and, since the digital cops started keeping their 24/7 vigil last fall, not as much anxiety about crime.

Source: The Seattle Times (online), July 10, 2006

Girlfriend of ‘vampyre’ gubernatorial candidate is fired

The partner of the new gubernatorial candidate, Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey, says she’s been unjustly fired from her job.

News traveled fast Friday when Sharkey announced he was a vampyre and he wants to be Minnesota’s next governor. Just hours after the Friday news conference, Sharkey’s girlfriend learned she was losing her job as a school bus driver.

Source: KARE11 (online), January 16, 2005

Police-files database shut down amid privacy concerns

The board of the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, a nonprofit organization that owns the network, voted Thursday afternoon to immediately purge the Multiple Jurisdiction Network Organization of its millions of police "contact" records, which had been collected by more than 175 Minnesota and Wisconsin police agencies.

Source: Star Tribune (online), December 19, 2003